During his first campaign rally after Democrats announced two articles of impeachment and the Justice Department inspector general released a report on the FBI’s Russia investigation, President Donald Trump distorted the facts on both topics.
Stories by D'Angelo Gore
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
Republicans Cherry-Pick Facts on Impeachment
FactChecking Trump’s NATO Remarks
Warren Misleads on Her Kids’ Schooling
Trump Repeats False Ukraine Claims
FactChecking the November Democratic Debate
Trump Cherry-Picks Sondland Testimony
Day One of the Public Impeachment Hearings
Trump Spins Court Ruling on Trump Foundation
President Trump downplayed the findings in a case against his namesake charitable foundation, claiming the judge had found only “some small technical violations.” Actually, the judge ruled that Trump “breached his fiduciary duty” to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in service of his 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump Ad Misleads on Illegal Immigration
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign makes the misleading claim in a TV ad that he is “cutting illegal immigration in half.” In fact, apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2019 were more than double the total in fiscal year 2016 and almost triple the total in fiscal year 2017.